Providing quality home and community-based services through PASSPORT

This report is part of a larger evaluation of Ohio's PASSPORT Program. It examines issues of provider tenure, provider certification, and provider quality assurance. Data were collected in focus groups, interviews, and a mailed survey

Young Japanese People\u27s Views On Civic (Dis)Engagement

本稿は社会参加に関する意識調査を目的とする記述式アンケートに回答した日本の青年151名の意見を報告し、その社会参加に消極的な理由を解明すると共に、状況是正への提言を行うものである。In this article, we report on opinions held by 151 Japanese youth who responded to open-ended questions about civic engagement. The study sheds light on some reasons for Japanese youths\u27 civic disengagement and concludes with suggestions to remedy the situation

英語力に相関する地球的規模での理解力--日本の教養重視型大学在籍学生を例として

Japanese liberal arts students completed a battery of surveys asking them to report on their use of communicative English and confidence in doing so. In addition, they answered a survey about their global perspectives. Students who reported greater confidence in their ability to communicate in English also tended to hold perspectives that have been linked to the concept of global citizenship, such as a tendency to resist stereotyping, or to be nonchauvinistic. The results showed that confidence in using communicative English increased with length of enrollment in the college. However, the predictive link between English communication skills and global perspectives was found to be independent of length of enrollment in the college